Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Meets US Lawmakers in Kyiv

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other U.S. lawmakers met Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy in Kyiv, May 14, 2022.

MORE: Fellow Republican senators Susan Collins, John Barrasso and John Cornyn were part of the group who shook hands with the Ukrainian leader before posing for a group photograph.

Zelenskyy posted a video clip of the meeting on social media and wrote the visit was “a powerful signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine from the United States Congress and the American people. Thank you for your leadership in helping us fight not only for our country but for democratic values and freedoms.”

On Thursday, Democrat and Republican senators had joined forces in a rare moment of unity in an attempt to pass a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine, only to be stymied by a single Republican lawmaker, Senator Rand Paul. The stalemate delayed passage of the measure to next week.

(Reuters)

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[Ahgmimi]

Calling Mitch McConnell a lawmaker is the biggest stretch I've ever seen.

[o]

Where are the air strikes when you need em

[aof]

They are more concerned with Ukraine rather than our southern border.

[kameracamera]

Following the meeting with Zelenskyy, Susan Collins commented "I think Vladimir Putin has learned his lesson"

[tonycarrillo]

They look so calm considering how serious they claim the war is

[rickyzhang]

Old, very old, super old, and extraordinarily old visited Ukraine. You would think Senate in US and White House is a retirement home.

[logiclust]

zelenskyy is like fuuuu these Americans are olde. oh, can you show Mcconnell the front lines next?

[jonathanconklin]

lol the pretenders are out posing for the cameras. Wonder if they'll ever fly out to meet the American people?

[maninifarmer]

W need the Ukrainian President come to the US and inspect our southern border. How do you say “Let’s Go Brandon “ in Ukrainian?

[thevapingpolisher]

Us government, pentagon are operating bio labs in Ukraine and in 30 other countries.

[radar]

Look... It's some of the guys that voted against helping Ukraine and deliberately withholding weapons as a quid pro quo...

[timdodd]

They went to inspect the destroyed bio labs?

[daviddoherty]

You can judge a man by the company he keeps.

[JP-tpwl]

They flew into Poland. How did they get to Kyiv? Curious minds want to know.

[tyso]

That’s little man try to destroy my prosperity, I’m watching you young blood.

[anonnoone]

Are these from the US the supporting actors of the main actor on the world stage? Are these supporting actors encouraging this main actor to waste his citizens' life for the benefit of the US? What are these US lawmakers doing for their own domestic problems?